Crabs are old and tender, which means that the crabs in the seventh month of the lunar calendar are old and hard and not delicious, while the crabs in August are more delicious if they are tender and thin.

Zhao Shihai did not go home, but drove directly to Xishan on a tricycle.

Xishan is the collective name of the people of seven or eight villages around Taohualing Village for a large area of mountains around Lianhua Mountain.

Lotus Mountain is the highest mountain in central Lu, with an altitude of more than 900 meters, like a blooming white lotus in central Luzhong.

This mountain range is relatively large, and even the small hills around Taohualing Village are also remnants of the Lianhuashan mountain range.

Around the whole Lotus Mountain, because of the topography, the villages are very small, the big ones are hundreds of people, and the small ones are only a few dozen people.

Zhao Shihai drove to a village called Xiaolongmen on the side of a hill six or seven miles east of the main peak of Lotus Mountain, and then drove the tricycle directly to the village committee compound of Xiaolongmen Village.

It can be seen that Zhao Shihai is very familiar with the old janitor of the village committee compound, and this is not the first time he has come to Xiaolongmen Village.

There is a ravine separating the two villages, the slightly larger village in the north is called Dalongmen Village, which belongs to Dazhai Township, Gangcheng County, Luzhong City, and the south is called Xiaolongmen Village, which belongs to Zhai Town, Southern Tainan City.

Inside the ravine, because of the abundant rain this year, the water flow inside is much larger than in previous years.

Autumn, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is a good time to catch river crabs, and the river crabs in this season are very fat.

The river crabs in the mountains are easy to catch, the big ones are the size of an adult's fist, but the small ones are smaller than the small fingernails.

At night, crabs crawl out of their holes to feed, and they are very sensitive to light, so turn on the flashlight and the crabs will crawl along the light of the flashlight.

Therefore, the villagers call catching crabs also called taking crabs.

Zhao Shihai handed Wang Shaodong a flashlight, and then he took one himself, and told Wang Shaodong to pay attention to safety.

On both sides of this ravine are huge round stones, washed by rain, and the stones are covered with moss, and if you accidentally step on them, you will definitely fall off the stones.

The two of them walked up the ravine, a distance of about 200 meters, and it took an hour and a half.

Zhao Shihai stopped, shone around with a flashlight, and then said, "That's it." ”

The place where there is water in the ravine is full of pebbles, and the pebbles are slippery and watery, and the stream is cold, not suitable for walking at night. So the two men walked along the big rocks on either side of the ravine. And there is moss on the big rock, so the speed of action must not be fast.

Wang Shaodong also used a flashlight to shine on the surrounding situation, where they are now is on a large stone that is almost more than 30 square meters flat, the stream flows down through the stones, forming a small waterfall with a drop of about one meter and a half, and the water falls down, and there is a loud sound.

Zhao Shihai put down the flashlight, and then spread the woven bag he brought with him on it, and said to Wang Shaodong: "Dongzi, if you are sleepy, lie down and sleep on it." ”

Wang Shaodong is still excited, where is he willing to sleep.

"Uncle, I'm not sleepy at all. ”

Zhao Shihai brought seven or eight woven bags, which could be used as beds on the ground, and the opening of the bags could also be used as tools for crabs.

"If you're not sleepy, you just watch it here, and if a crab comes, put it in a woven bag, and I'll go find some firewood." ”

The mountain breeze blows, and it is cool.

Wang Shaodong took the leather gloves handed over by his uncle and frowned.

"Isn't it hot to bring with you?"

"It's more comfortable than having your fingers snapped by a crab. ”

The big crab in the mountain, the size of a fist, that pair of big tongs, can easily clip the chopstick-thick stick, if it is really caught by the hand, although it will not be broken, but the bleeding is not frightening.

Thinking of this, Wang Shaodong hurriedly put on his leather gloves.

Zhao Shihai went around to find Chai He, and then Wang Shaodong was the only one left in the ravine here.

This is a ravine that usually only old farmers who herd sheep will come to, and the road they walked along the edge of the ravine was also walked out by the old farmers who herded sheep. On both sides of the ravine, the trees are thick, and it is said that wild wolves were still infested here more than ten years ago. However, there has been a lot of hunting in recent years, and the wild wolves in the mountains have disappeared.

In the small village at the foot of the mountain, there are two occasional howls of wolf dogs, which make people listen to the scalp.

The crickets all around were screaming, and the fireflies were not flying from the grass next to them.

Wang Shaodong's eyes stared at the beam of light shot out by the flashlight, and after a while, Wang Shaodong saw that many small insects that liked light began to gather around the beam, and those slightly larger insects that liked to eat small insects also crawled over; in the river, the small fish and shrimp and snails that liked light were all around the beam, and these were all crab food.

Looking at these, Wang Shaodong suddenly realized that it was not that the crabs liked the light, but because if he held a flashlight, he would attract the crab's food, and then the crab would also be brought over.

At this time, as a hunter, you just need to be careful to catch the crab and put it in a woven bag.

Soon, the little crabs gathered at the smell of their food.

Crabs are omnivores, and aquatic weeds, carrion, small fish and shrimp are all its recipes.

The small crabs, which were the size of their fingernails, soon gathered under the water where the beam of light hit, and they were as dense as the ants moving on the ground when it was about to rain. If someone with a phobia of density were to see this scene, they would probably be shouting.

Wang Shaodong didn't attack the little crab, he was waiting for the big guy, the kind of big guy the size of an adult's fist.

This kind of big crab is very fat in this season, especially the female crab, after steaming out, lift the crab cover, full of crab roe, dip it in ginger vinegar, drink a mouthful of crab roe, and then eat the tender meat wrapped in the crab shell little by little, it is simply the most beautiful enjoyment in the world.

After seeing the big guy coming, Wang Shaodong hurriedly reached out and grabbed one, and quickly threw it into the woven bag.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the small crabs, small fish and shrimp under the beam immediately scattered and fled, but soon when Wang Shaodong looked under the water again, they all gathered again.

Zhao Shihai came back, glanced at the dozen or so big guys in the woven bag, and asked with a smile: "Dongzi, why do you only catch the big ones, and the small ones are delicious?"

Wang Shaodong didn't think of how to eat this little crab for a while, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, how do you eat this little one?"

Zhao Shihai took out the fence prepared in advance, and then directly dug up the small crab with the fence and poured it into the woven bag.

"This little one, go home with salt for a week, and then take the dry garbage and stir-fry, that taste, definitely make you want to eat it. ”

Hearing his uncle say this, Wang Shaodong suddenly remembered that he had eaten such a delicacy once, and it was at his uncle's house, and he hurriedly joined the camp of catching small crabs.

This night, Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shihai had a rich harvest, and the two of them caught 100 catties of crabs in one go.